Furniture That’s Simply Chic

This month, the interior decorator James Huniford unveils a brand-new Chelsea showroom and a sophisticated furniture collection, made up of the type of pieces the designer previously created only as one-offs for his high-profile clients. The designs, Huniford says, are meant to be “user-friendly” — scale and contemporary livability are paramount, and dimensions, as well as upholstery, are all customizable. This is furniture that inhabits that elegant territory somewhere between modern and classic. A tufted slope-armed sofa ($7,800) is refreshed with a casual low-slung profile; a campaign-style side table ($4,800) is cheekily updated with a not-remotely-portable stone slab and chains; and a two-tiered occasional table ($5,800) has a brass base with an industrial feel. “I like the tension between contrasting materials,” the designer says. “Metal and stone, wood and glass.”